I have a Rangpur lime tree (sour mandarin). They’re fragrant, very juicy and mouth-puckering sour. I use them in cocktails to replace Bearss Lime, and in marinades for pork and chicken.
In Costa Rica this is preferred over lemon. You can also peel them like a mandarin. We use it on salads, lemonade, cocktails, desserts, with pork, soups... We use this on everything
Rangpur Lime is actually not the easiest citrus variety to find; it has never been very common in the US, and citrus greening quarantines have reduced the ability of growers to acquire citrus plants from other parts of the country. I have never seen any nor heard of any for sale in a grocery store or produce market. This is one of the types of citrus I am growing in my collection, and I had to get some seeds from a greening-free area to grow my trees. It is good to see a video about it. Perhaps this will increase its popularity a bit.
I've had extremely sour mandarins in Southern California, they aren't sold in grocery stores and can only be found homegrown. Not sure if they're true Rangpur limes or just normal mandarins that aren't ripe - I suspect the former because these sour mandarins have a different aroma than any other mandarin. I usually eat them until my mouth gets burnt.
These are very common in Costa Rica and are picked and used when green rather than orange. It changes the flavor profile significantly and is an amazing substitute for regular limes.
@@WeirdExplorer Just a fyi regarding Bangladesh. You might be kinda disappointed fruit and food wise. You have to remember it remains a largely overpopulated yet economically underdeveloped country. Fresh fruits are not really a thing that most people have interest or resources to pursue. Most people are working themselves to death just to get rice. And middle class people prefer unhealthy processed foods like cake, biscuits and sweets to fruit. The only fruit you are likely to come across is that which is the produce of that region of the country during the right season. Like rajshai is has mangoes and some other place has citrus but not many types. The imported fruits you see at fresh food markets like grapes and apples are generally used only as showpieces for weddings and the like. Nobody actually eats them regularly.
Nice review! These are called Limón Mandarino (Mandarin Lemon) or simply Limón (Lemon) in Costa Rica. They are the most common lemon species here, most people prefer them over the real lemons which we call Limón Criollo and are rarer to find. They can be used for like, anything you would use a lemon, in drinks, as a seasoning for meat, etc.
My parents had a rangpur lime when I was growing up in Southern California. One day in elementary school we did a science experiment where we made '7-up' and the teacher asked us to bring in homegrown lemons and limes. We ran out of limes and I kept telling him, "I brought limes" but he wouldn't believe me. I finally convinced him to try one. The look on his face was hilarious! My brother would go door to door in our neighborhood selling some of our citrus and nobody would believe him when he said they were limes. They kept telling him they were tangerines. So he said, "fine, they're tangerines, want to buy some?" He sold out, lol. I would have loved to see when they actually bit in to one!
Big fan of your vids been binge watching them at night and they are honestly quite inspiring the way you travel the whole world and experience life is amazing.
Really? I have never found one, in which region is it more common? Lime with salt is very good tough. No, wait, I think I have drank juice from this before when travelling, if that was the one, I saw the tree and the fruit, tough the fruit was spotted for some reason. The juice did have a similar color, but I don't remember looking closely at the fruit to guarantee that it was the same. Pretty good juice
The first time I heard of this fruit was in a specialty gin that had it already infused into the alcohol. It was very tasty and I fell in love right away. My friends and I lovingly referred to it as "lemon coated christmas trees."
Absolutely love your channel. Glad I'm not the only one that gets excited about cool produce. Hopefully you'll do weird veggies next. I'm sure that citrus would be great on green salad with orange and feta cheese. Much love from SA.
Rangpur limes are quite popular in many South America countries especially in Brazil (grows everywhere in the wild) and its the prefered rootstock for a lot of citrus trees because of its resistance to many diseases, drought and early flowering to fruit. It also goes by the name of "Limão Cravo" and "Limão Rosa", the fruit is used for seasoning pork meat and as a salad dressing.
Watching you try the rangpur lime made my mouth water and teeth ache a little! Good times! Good Times! Thank you so much, AWESOME show! You opened my eyes to a whole new world of fruits!
From Bangladesh I love that your showing a fruit from our country and this video warms my heart.Also I would use it for extra punch in chicken stew .Currently can't get this due to lockdown.
I truly believe we had one of these trees in our backyard in SoCal when I was growing up. We used to love to ‘trick’ folks with the ‘nice little mandarins’ off our tree! 😆
I love those! Very commonly grown here in Brasil, a classic backyard tree. We call them limão-galego (Galician lime) or limão-cravo (clove lime). The best caipirinha is made with those instead of regular green limes.
If you could find a Citrus ujukitsu to try that would be awesome. It's supposed to be a large "sweet lemon". I am trying to grow one out right now, but it will be awhile before I get fruit.
The citrus/citrons in Bangladesh are so important in Bengali cuisine that we often import it into countries with a large diaspora. I live in the UK, so we often bring back lots of Lebu to eat with rice and curry. They're very fragrant, but the rind isn't for me. In Sylhet, where I'm from, there is a fruit called Satkora with usage in curries. It's a regional speciality and I highly recommend a Satkora-lamb curry. Fruits are also often pickled. It's worth adding that the peels of citrus are often dried and used in fish curries. Tangerine/mandarin peels add so much depth to a fish curry. Citrus notes and sourness (tenga) in Bengali cuisine are quite common.
It may have been me who previously told you about eating the rinds of Bangladeshi lemons and limes. For anything like an orange , the peel exclusively is used. Chopped finely with NO pulp or juice. Then cooked in some kind of curry, typically with tiny tiny fish barely an inch long found in the pond that you also bathe in and do your laundry ! The best thing I can recommend for a vegetarian use, is somewhat oily curry without much water. Which contains potatoes and perhaps a few beans. While this isn't traditional, flavour wise it might work. I am tempted to make a video to show you.
I am from Bangladesh, I just wanted to clarify that even though it's spelled " Rangpur " it is pronounced " Rongpur ". I feel really really really great that you made a video about a Bangladeshi fruit. I liked the way you said " lebu "😅. Are you still in Bangladesh? I would love to meet you.
I have one of these in my yard in California. It produces a lot of fruit in the winter. It is incredibly sour, so I don't even eat it. The sourness just coats your mouth. The only thing I can really do with it is make cocktails with it. It goes well with gin.
I love sour things, I can just eat lemon slices. Limes are a little harder to just eat because of whatever gives them that lime quality. I'd love to try something like this.
I landed up buying this plant on a whim from Home Depot four years when I moved into my new home. Little did I know what I was in for. I have yet to figure out how to use this fruit because of how he is reacting to tasting it. I finally made marmalade with my first batch of fruit. Did not get much fruit this year but that's been an issue with all my produce in California , we had a weird growing season.
Weirdly enough my grandma has had a tree of these adn sweet lemosn for about 40 years in Mexico that she got from a Turkish lady and her Japanese husband. Interesting bunch to say the least.
I wonder If it is related to what is Limon-mandarina from Colombia? I lived on a farm and I love it the limonade made with it. I think If has an after taste of mandarin... mmm I miss so many fruits from there now that I am living in Norway... but on sommer I enjoy the strawberries here... to me the best ones I have ever taste and I love the cloudberries.
Have you ever try orange var "tarocco" Im feel stupid with this question in. Italy Is so famous, basically its a normal Orange but smaller with Red pattern Pulp or dark Red sometimes, even CV "moro" its totally Red/dark Red even black Pulp The flavour Is stronger than normal Orange Probably you alredy know this fruits but i want Ask you for sUre One of my favorites because its strongness
If I can believe Wikipedia, this fruit has been grown here in Florida for a good while... but I don’t think I’ve ever seen it for sale here. Maybe I just need to look around more?
Your next destination should be Pakistan in the summer. It will be the hottest place on earth but awesome mangoes! Then you can head to the northern mountains and indulge in apricots!
I am from Bangladesh and we don't actually use it in curry. As you said, we tend to use lemon or lime (Lebu) with curry but no orangy things. We prefer to eat it like mandarin orange.
welcome! Here's the dragon fruit video: ruclips.net/video/57xVmaFv5BI/видео.html There are a LOT of durian videos on the channel. here's the latest: ruclips.net/video/mfKlaWCJpGE/видео.html
I have two mandarin trees, a Meyer lemon, two lime trees, and two kumquat trees and am wondering how Rangpur Lime and Calamondin compare. One of my kumquats when fully ripe is absolutely delicious--the perfect blend of sweet and sour, and I love that the peel is edible. A super ripe grocery store Meyer lemon I sampled recently was also very good--acidic but not as acidic as a standard lemon plus it had a good amount of mandarin flavor and sweetness. I love the strength of lemons for flavoring other beverages but prefer orange/mandarin flavors for that so am thinking that a Calamondin or Rangpur Lime might fit the bill. You mentioned some sweetness in the Rangpur Lime, and I've heard that Calamondin peel is sweet and edible since it has kumquat parentage. But having not tried either one, I don't know which one might be more to my liking.
lol that must be one nasty surprise, I would have looked at that and thought it was a normal mandarin. probably same experience as eating a calamondin. I saw it on a tree at a nursery and thought it was a small variety of mandarin. i was wrong. it was the nastiest fruit I think I have ever eaten, or one of the top 3 at least
How would you use the Rangpur Lime?
Non alcoholic cocktail time
Tanqueray sells a rangpur lime gin.
Lime-ade? (Oops: you already made this)
Use it in a marinade for fried chicken. Would be interesting how that would turn out. Also use it in some kind of sauce.
Candied. I love sour
I am from bengal, India....and i speak bengali...and I have to appreciate the way he pronounced 'Lebu'....it was perfect.....🙂
You should make a mixed citrus marmalade with all the leftover bits
I have a Rangpur lime tree (sour mandarin). They’re fragrant, very juicy and mouth-puckering sour. I use them in cocktails to replace Bearss Lime, and in marinades for pork and chicken.
do they hVe flavor of orange also ?
@@siddharathmehra4658 Yes, the Rangpur does have a strong orange flavor along with being very sour.
In Costa Rica this is preferred over lemon. You can also peel them like a mandarin.
We use it on salads, lemonade, cocktails, desserts, with pork, soups... We use this on everything
"I don't really know anything about it"
*Immediately proceeds to tell us more about it than 99.99% of the world's population knows about it*
Rangpur Lime is actually not the easiest citrus variety to find; it has never been very common in the US, and citrus greening quarantines have reduced the ability of growers to acquire citrus plants from other parts of the country. I have never seen any nor heard of any for sale in a grocery store or produce market. This is one of the types of citrus I am growing in my collection, and I had to get some seeds from a greening-free area to grow my trees. It is good to see a video about it. Perhaps this will increase its popularity a bit.
I have it at where I work!
We use it a lot here in Brazil
I planted one back in the 1990’s here in So. California. It’s incredibly prolific and bears heavily all year.
there for sale online at one green world , might have to be on a wait list
I've had extremely sour mandarins in Southern California, they aren't sold in grocery stores and can only be found homegrown. Not sure if they're true Rangpur limes or just normal mandarins that aren't ripe - I suspect the former because these sour mandarins have a different aroma than any other mandarin. I usually eat them until my mouth gets burnt.
These are very common in Costa Rica and are picked and used when green rather than orange. It changes the flavor profile significantly and is an amazing substitute for regular limes.
Glad to see you reviewing a fruit from my motherland! We've got a rich variety of endemic fruits I hope you'll get to try them sometime
I hope to make it there some day!
@@WeirdExplorer
Just a fyi regarding Bangladesh. You might be kinda disappointed fruit and food wise. You have to remember it remains a largely overpopulated yet economically underdeveloped country.
Fresh fruits are not really a thing that most people have interest or resources to pursue. Most people are working themselves to death just to get rice. And middle class people prefer unhealthy processed foods like cake, biscuits and sweets to fruit.
The only fruit you are likely to come across is that which is the produce of that region of the country during the right season. Like rajshai is has mangoes and some other place has citrus but not many types.
The imported fruits you see at fresh food markets like grapes and apples are generally used only as showpieces for weddings and the like. Nobody actually eats them regularly.
@@ironfront9573 you're from Bangladesh? Where in Bangladesh?
This is sublime.......
*Cough*
Nice review! These are called Limón Mandarino (Mandarin Lemon) or simply Limón (Lemon) in Costa Rica. They are the most common lemon species here, most people prefer them over the real lemons which we call Limón Criollo and are rarer to find. They can be used for like, anything you would use a lemon, in drinks, as a seasoning for meat, etc.
Lebu is commonly referred to lemons and limes in Bangladesh. I must say being a bangladeshi I've never tried this. Gotta try this next time I'm there.
same, bangladeshi here, never tried this
My parents had a rangpur lime when I was growing up in Southern California. One day in elementary school we did a science experiment where we made '7-up' and the teacher asked us to bring in homegrown lemons and limes. We ran out of limes and I kept telling him, "I brought limes" but he wouldn't believe me. I finally convinced him to try one. The look on his face was hilarious! My brother would go door to door in our neighborhood selling some of our citrus and nobody would believe him when he said they were limes. They kept telling him they were tangerines. So he said, "fine, they're tangerines, want to buy some?" He sold out, lol. I would have loved to see when they actually bit in to one!
Big fan of your vids been binge watching them at night and they are honestly quite inspiring the way you travel the whole world and experience life is amazing.
I always laugh a lot at the reactions to sour fruits, and also the bobble head gesture he does so often :-)
Here in Brazil it is very common and great to eat pure with salt or to make a lemon juice, also one of the most common varieties to use as rootstock.
Interesting! Citrus with salt is a nice combination
Really? I have never found one, in which region is it more common? Lime with salt is very good tough.
No, wait, I think I have drank juice from this before when travelling, if that was the one, I saw the tree and the fruit, tough the fruit was spotted for some reason. The juice did have a similar color, but I don't remember looking closely at the fruit to guarantee that it was the same. Pretty good juice
@@afeathereddinosaur It grows everywhere on the south
Omg here in India too people use this for Rootgraft every other types of citrus fruits
The first time I heard of this fruit was in a specialty gin that had it already infused into the alcohol. It was very tasty and I fell in love right away. My friends and I lovingly referred to it as "lemon coated christmas trees."
Come to Costa Rica. We use rangpurs on everything....
My friend has a giant rangpur lime tree. The fruit is like a bitter lemony with a touch of mandarin zing
Absolutely love your channel. Glad I'm not the only one that gets excited about cool produce. Hopefully you'll do weird veggies next. I'm sure that citrus would be great on green salad with orange and feta cheese. Much love from SA.
Rangpur limes are quite popular in many South America countries especially in Brazil (grows everywhere in the wild) and its the prefered rootstock for a lot of citrus trees because of its resistance to many diseases, drought and early flowering to fruit.
It also goes by the name of "Limão Cravo" and "Limão Rosa", the fruit is used for seasoning pork meat and as a salad dressing.
Watching you try the rangpur lime made my mouth water and teeth ache a little! Good times! Good Times! Thank you so much, AWESOME show! You opened my eyes to a whole new world of fruits!
Haha, I like how when you make a "sour face" one eye always wants to stick closed.
From Bangladesh I love that your showing a fruit from our country and this video warms my heart.Also I would use it for extra punch in chicken stew .Currently can't get this due to lockdown.
I truly believe we had one of these trees in our backyard in SoCal when I was growing up. We used to love to ‘trick’ folks with the ‘nice little mandarins’ off our tree! 😆
Looks like the perfect fruit for making an amazing orange chicken
I love those! Very commonly grown here in Brasil, a classic backyard tree. We call them limão-galego (Galician lime) or limão-cravo (clove lime). The best caipirinha is made with those instead of regular green limes.
I need one of these. I love citrus so much.
Love the cooking shows... and always the fruit reviews!
Stumbled across your channel when you were showing your old apartment, I have really enjoyed your videos. Just wanted to say thanks.
Glad you like them!
with all the citrus you have in your apartment it probably smells great in there
Just started watching your videos. Didn't expect you would review any fruit from my country
I got that in my yard.
Tried it once.
It’s really sour.
It is good on cooked fish.
But it will cook raw fish
Sashimi. in 5 minutes
Oh interesting! Yeah there is a lot of acid in these guys
@@WeirdExplorer
Everybody that came to pick it never came back for more
Boy you certainly LOVE that sour taste! 😋😋😋😋😋 Lol! Thanks for your efforts!
I am from Bangladesh. Loved so see Rangpur Lebu on your channel. I used to make "Lemonade " Out of it.
If you could find a Citrus ujukitsu to try that would be awesome. It's supposed to be a large "sweet lemon". I am trying to grow one out right now, but it will be awhile before I get fruit.
Hmm... I have the kinkoji coming up soon which looks very similar. That may be the same or a close relative to it.
I just ordered a Rangpur lime tree on the strength of your recommendation. I hope my faith is rewarded!
It is always worth watching this channel when you have something sour to eat. 😁 You have a great reaction to sourness.
Glad you enjoy it!
The citrus/citrons in Bangladesh are so important in Bengali cuisine that we often import it into countries with a large diaspora. I live in the UK, so we often bring back lots of Lebu to eat with rice and curry. They're very fragrant, but the rind isn't for me. In Sylhet, where I'm from, there is a fruit called Satkora with usage in curries. It's a regional speciality and I highly recommend a Satkora-lamb curry. Fruits are also often pickled.
It's worth adding that the peels of citrus are often dried and used in fish curries. Tangerine/mandarin peels add so much depth to a fish curry. Citrus notes and sourness (tenga) in Bengali cuisine are quite common.
Nice description Jared. I love the stained chopping board.
What are you doing with all those seeds? I'd love some
It may have been me who previously told you about eating the rinds of Bangladeshi lemons and limes.
For anything like an orange , the peel exclusively is used. Chopped finely with NO pulp or juice. Then cooked in some kind of curry, typically with tiny tiny fish barely an inch long found in the pond that you also bathe in and do your laundry !
The best thing I can recommend for a vegetarian use, is somewhat oily curry without much water. Which contains potatoes and perhaps a few beans. While this isn't traditional, flavour wise it might work. I am tempted to make a video to show you.
So when explaining Weird Explorer I said "Fruit Nerd" and I stand by it 😆❤
Legumes like lentils or beans combined with the juice and zest of citrus are a dream team!
I am from Bangladesh, I just wanted to clarify that even though it's spelled " Rangpur " it is pronounced " Rongpur ".
I feel really really really great that you made a video about a Bangladeshi fruit. I liked the way you said " lebu "😅. Are you still in Bangladesh? I would love to meet you.
I would try that in baking, like a orange cream cheese frosting and lemon cake.
I am from Rangpur ❤️
can you buy these everywhere in Rangpur?
I have one of these in my yard in California. It produces a lot of fruit in the winter. It is incredibly sour, so I don't even eat it. The sourness just coats your mouth. The only thing I can really do with it is make cocktails with it. It goes well with gin.
I love sour things, I can just eat lemon slices. Limes are a little harder to just eat because of whatever gives them that lime quality. I'd love to try something like this.
I LOVE your channel!!!! 💕
The rangpur lime can be called “Limão caipira” or “limão galego” on the south of Brazil. My gramma had a tree on her backyard
Rangpur lime gin is great!
very cool greg great job
Somehow this fruit ended up in Brazil and is very appreciated there. Called Pink Lime or Clove Lime. Good for lemonade or caipirinha.
My neighbour grows mandarins on her property on Bribie Island in Australia, they have a strange savoury note too.
Have you ever tried a mountain apple?
Thanks.
is there a cactus you can eat like the flesh of the cactus idk but i would like to
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Awesome! I’d heard elsewhere that these are awful. I respect your opinion on fruit more than anyone on the planet so I’ll have to track some down.
I landed up buying this plant on a whim from Home Depot four years when I moved into my new home. Little did I know what I was in for. I have yet to figure out how to use this fruit because of how he is reacting to tasting it. I finally made marmalade with my first batch of fruit. Did not get much fruit this year but that's been an issue with all my produce in California , we had a weird growing season.
In Ecuador they have a fruit called "limón-mandarina" that's a cross between lime and mandarin orange
Use it for making ponzu sauce
good idea!
I just noticed that Hamilton Morris subscribes to you. That's pretty cool!
Weird Explorer is the One Bite Pizza Reviews of Fruit
Nice
I bet they would be fab in a Margarita!
Looks delicious, id probably eat them alone lol. Then again i do like to eat plain lemon.
With sour citrus I do a Philiipene calamasy ..juice, water and sweetener
Oh, I'll bet a Rangpur lime curd would be delicious.
Rangpur lime would be great on grilled chicken.
Dear sir how can we get Rongpur Lime seeds? Could you help me to get its seeds????
You can buy online but you should prefer plant instead of seeds
Noticing how you have tons of different citrus fruit, how about you make an episode all about making the ultimate citrus mix or something?
Its coming up!
Weirdly enough my grandma has had a tree of these adn sweet lemosn for about 40 years in Mexico that she got from a Turkish lady and her Japanese husband. Interesting bunch to say the least.
I wonder If it is related to what is Limon-mandarina from Colombia? I lived on a farm and I love it the limonade made with it. I think If has an after taste of mandarin... mmm I miss so many fruits from there now that I am living in Norway... but on sommer I enjoy the strawberries here... to me the best ones I have ever taste and I love the cloudberries.
ahh, the rangpur sapote.
It would be nice to see all these citrus fruit flavours compared after using miracle berry.
love your videos, come visit Perú!!
One day!
Hey have you ever heard of mooseberry
Have you ever try orange var "tarocco"
Im feel stupid with this question in. Italy Is so famous, basically its a normal Orange but smaller with Red pattern Pulp or dark Red sometimes, even CV "moro" its totally Red/dark Red even black Pulp
The flavour Is stronger than normal Orange
Probably you alredy know this fruits but i want Ask you for sUre
One of my favorites because its strongness
They are very common all across Brazil.
Your appartement must have been smelling incredible at this point. Did you make a very exciting marmalade after all this?
I just noticed that when you do your sweetness scale you literally compare apples to oranges
If I can believe Wikipedia, this fruit has been grown here in Florida for a good while... but I don’t think I’ve ever seen it for sale here. Maybe I just need to look around more?
Any chance to try a finger lime from australia?
you got it: ruclips.net/video/SHHE6KV3dvw/видео.html
man that looks tasty but unfortunate there not grow here :,)
Dude put the cranberry catch up on the dal!
Your next destination should be Pakistan in the summer. It will be the hottest place on earth but awesome mangoes! Then you can head to the northern mountains and indulge in apricots!
Not so safe country specially for American
I am from Bangladesh and we don't actually use it in curry. As you said, we tend to use lemon or lime (Lebu) with curry but no orangy things. We prefer to eat it like mandarin orange.
Some regions use the peels of orangey fruits in fish curries! I highly recommend
@@shadmandem918 Really? :| Which ones?
@@DhimanDeyDip With Fabia Maach in Sylhet.
Thought this was a tangerine before I read the title
I'd bet it would make for a very nice, Chinese-style, orange chicken or shrimp.
Makes me wonder if any of these obscure citrus fruits can make a good cola? Idk, just a thought at 1:40 AM
The sour goes all the way to 11 :O
Have you done a segment on Calamansi limes?
yep! ruclips.net/video/KJTGecvn074/видео.html
@@WeirdExplorer Cool, thanks!
Ah, Monterey, Home of the first orange tree.
Have you tried dragon fruit or durian. Can you try Dragon Fruit I dont remember what it tastes like? Please.
And, I subscribed!
welcome!
Here's the dragon fruit video: ruclips.net/video/57xVmaFv5BI/видео.html
There are a LOT of durian videos on the channel. here's the latest: ruclips.net/video/mfKlaWCJpGE/видео.html
Make -cello liquers out of all the citrus you have!
Drinking Tanqueray Rangpur Gin
Do you think this fruit has more flavor than lemons?
more than a supermarket lemon 🍋
I have two mandarin trees, a Meyer lemon, two lime trees, and two kumquat trees and am wondering how Rangpur Lime and Calamondin compare. One of my kumquats when fully ripe is absolutely delicious--the perfect blend of sweet and sour, and I love that the peel is edible. A super ripe grocery store Meyer lemon I sampled recently was also very good--acidic but not as acidic as a standard lemon plus it had a good amount of mandarin flavor and sweetness. I love the strength of lemons for flavoring other beverages but prefer orange/mandarin flavors for that so am thinking that a Calamondin or Rangpur Lime might fit the bill. You mentioned some sweetness in the Rangpur Lime, and I've heard that Calamondin peel is sweet and edible since it has kumquat parentage. But having not tried either one, I don't know which one might be more to my liking.
3:10 in a nutshell.
Me: why is he reviewing an orange????
*Reads title* ... *oh my bad* 😳
lol that must be one nasty surprise, I would have looked at that and thought it was a normal mandarin. probably same experience as eating a calamondin. I saw it on a tree at a nursery and thought it was a small variety of mandarin. i was wrong. it was the nastiest fruit I think I have ever eaten, or one of the top 3 at least